方

See also: 万

Translingual

Stroke order

Taiwanese stroke order

Taiwanese stroke order

Han character

方 (radical 70 方+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 卜竹尸 (YHS), four-corner 0022₇)

1. a square, rectangle
2. a region
3. local
4. prescription, recipe
5. method, way
6. (mathematics) involution, power
7. direction
8. a Chinese surname

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/方
• 坊 防 妨 肪 芳

See also

• 万
• 敫

References

• KangXi: page 481, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13620
• Dae Jaweon: page 842, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2172, character 1
• Unihan data for U+65B9

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Cantonese

Hanzi

方 (Jyutping fong1, Yale fong1)

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Hakka

Hanzi

方 (Guangdong fong¹, Hagfa Pinyim fong1, Phak-fa-su fong)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

方

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ほう (hō)
• Kun: かた (kata), ならべる (naraberu), くらべる (kuraberu)

Compounds

方正 (ほうせい) (hōsei) 方形 (ほうけい) (hōkei) 方式 (ほうしき) (hōshiki)

方術 (ほうじゅつ) (hōjutsu) 方法 (ほうほう) (hōhō) 方面 (ほうめん) (hōmen)

方針 (ほうしん) (hōshin) 夕方 (ゆうがた) (yūgata) 味方 (みかた) (mikata)

Noun

方 (hiragana ほう, romaji hō)

1. direction, way, side

方 (hiragana かた, romaji kata)

1. person (a polite version of 人 (ひと, hito))

   あの方 (かた)。

   ano kata.

   That person. (polite)

   あの方 (かた)はどなたですか。

   ano kata wa donata desu ka.

   Who is that gentleman? (formal)

Synonyms

• 人 (ひと) (hito) (plain)

Suffix

方 (hiragana かた, romaji -kata)

1. way, method (of doing)

Etymology

pe > ɸe > we > e.

Suffix

方 (hiragana え, historical hiragana へ, romaji -e)

1. a suffix expressing location, direction, or time

Derived terms

• 古
• 行方

See also

• 法

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Korean

Hanja

方 (bang)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 방 (revised: bang, McCune-Reischauer: pang, Yale: pang)

• Name (hangeul): 모()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

方 (Pinyin fāng (fang1), fēng (feng1), páng (pang2), wǎng (wang3), Wade-Giles fang¹, feng¹, p'ang², wang³)

Adverb

方 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fāng)

1. (literary) just now

Noun

方 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin fāng)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) square; rectangle
2. (Intermediate Mandarin) aspect; side
3. (Intermediate Mandarin) place; region
4. (Intermediate Mandarin) method; way
5. (Intermediate Mandarin) prescription
6. (Intermediate Mandarin) power (mathematics)

   2的3次方是8

   2 to the 3rd power is 8.

Compounds

• 方响
• 方響
• 魔方 (mófāng)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

方 (TLPA hong (hong¹), hng (hng¹), png (png¹))

Noun

方 (traditional and simplified, POJ hong)

1. aspect; side

   方面 (hong-bīn): aspect; side

Noun

方 (traditional and simplified, POJ hng)

1. region

   地方 (tē-hng or tōe-hng): regional; local

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

方 (phương, vuông, quách)